National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network:
Integrating Ecology and Endocrinology in Avian Reproduction
(E-BIRD-USA)
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| Date | March 21-23, 2007 |
| Location | Seattle, Washington |
| Organizers | John Wingfield, Michael Romero. |
| Event Site | Talaris Conference Center is located in a parklike setting with mature plantings, informal outdoor appointments and water features. Workshop attendees will lodge on-site. |
| U.S. Participants' Travel Arrangements |
Air travel arrangements, Fedva Dikmen. If you are driving and plan to request reimbursement (mileage, road food), please be sure to save your receipts. (No reimbursements will be processed without original receipts!) See http://depts.washington.edu/ebirdusa/ reimburse.html for details. |
| Date | Activities |
| Wednesday (March 21, 2007) |
Arrival & Talaris Check-In. |
| Thursday (March 22, 2007) |
8:30a Breakfast 9:00a Introduction & Workshop Organization & Goals 9:30a Allostasis, Allostatic State & Allostatic Load 10:15a Stress, Metabolism & Glucocorticoids 
11:00a Break 11:30a Rethinking Homeostasis 12:15p Integration of Homeostatic Mechanisms 
1:00p-2:00p Lunch 2:15p Summary of Issues So Far 2:35p Energetic Demand of Daily and Annual Routines 2:55p Allostasis: Does it advance our understanding of the snowshoe hare cycle? 3:15p Food, Predators & Glucocorticoids
3:35p Break 4:00p-5:30p Discussion by All Participants: What issues have emerged? 
7:00p-8:30p Dinner |
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Friday (March 23, 2007) |
8:30a Breakfast 9:00a Where We Stand; Issues to Discuss; endocrinology and physiology, ecology and behavior. 9:30a Breakout Groups:
10:30a Break 11:00a Whole Group Discussion
12:30p-1:30p Lunch 1:30p Synthesis:
3:30p Break 4:00p Summaries & What's Next
Dinner |
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| Current Weather | from the Weather Channel |
| Public Transportation |
SeaTac Airport information includes links to the
baggage claim area; and
information on shuttles
and taxicabs that serve the airport. Metro Transit, the county-wide bus system, serves SeaTac with routes 174 and 194 to downtown Seattle. Amtrak, rail schedules from Vancouver, B.C. to California and points east. Washington State Ferries is the largest in the United States, serving 8 counties, the province of British Columbia, and approximately 30 million riders each year. Seattle Monorail is the quickest way from downtown to the Seattle Center and its surrounding neighborhood. |
| Tourist Information |
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Experience Washington Seaplane tours from Kenmore Air |
| Broadcast Media |
KUOW-FM, a National Public Radio affiliate. KPLU-FM, jazz and Public Radio International content. KING-FM, mostly classical music. KEXP-FM, eclectic mix. |
| Print Media |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, one
of two major dailies. Seattle Times, the other major daily. Seattle Weekly, best restaurant listings. The Stranger, best clubs/music listings and Dan Savage. The UW Daily is the campus student newspaper; the UW Week is the faculty and staff news publication. |
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What's Nearby or Reasonably Close |
University Village Shopping Center, home of two
dozen informal and formal eating establishments (including a brew pub), and shops
for everything from camera and computer supplies to gourmet cookware and clothing
for every occasion. University of Washington neigbhorhood (aka the U-District) is home to the UW, as well as many of its students, staff, and faculty members. University Way NE ("The Ave") is home to coffee shops, restaurants (including Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Greek, burgers, pizza, and a brew pub), bookstores, and theaters. There's a Farmers Market every Saturday from 9a-2p on the corner of the Ave and NE 50th. The Burke-Gilman Trail is a 14 mile (22.7 km) walking/biking corridor that runs from the neighborhoods of Fremont to Kenmore. Along the way, it passes near the Talaris Conference Center. The University of Washington Waterfront Activities Center rents boats and canoes. The Golf Range is also open to non-UW users. Foster Island in the Arboretum is a serene adventure, a 30-acre chunk of 230-acre wetland wildlife preserve that's home to several great blue herons, bitterns, American coots, goldfinches, and many more species accustomed to being walked by, driven by, and kayaked by! Morning commuters across 520 can catch glimpses of turtles similarly making slow progress, stuck nose to tail on semi-submerged logs just beneath the concrete span. Matthews Beach is Seattle's largest freshwater bathing beach. Magnusson Park is a also great place to birdwatch. Visitors to Woodland Park Zoo's Willawong Station walk-thru aviary have an opportunity to feed birds in a controlled, safe environment while learning about responsible care for birds both in the wild and at home. The aviary houses approximately 200 free-flying birds, primarily small colorful Australian parrots. |
| Bird Resources |
Seattle Audubon's BirdWeb page Seattle Audubon Society homepage The Falcon Research Group keeps track of urban and rural peregrines. Washington Ornithological Society |
